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The animation quality is good. There isn't any flaws that i can see at the moment though i m watching this on the less desirable format (unfortunately, it's removed now by the user).

Music is as good as you can expect from Kenji Kawai and fits very well. While i was disappointed with the OP and ED, the BGM made it for it. From the idyllic scene to the fast pace action, the BGM carries the mood very smoothly and doesn't feel out of place.

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ok, my japanese is actually pretty poor so i could only pick part of the story.
Episode 1 is pretty much what you seen in the earlier trailer.

2 mins in, and you got into the bridge incident that was featured in the trailer already. After saving the prince, Barsa was invited to the palace as an reward (not before some scuffles with the royal guards that came looking for her).

There, the princess/empress asked her to take the prince away and protect him as she suspect there's some plot in the palace to take her son's life cause of her son's fate as the bearer of the spirit. (Lots of convo here, so i can't make out much of it). Anyway, Barsa reluctantly agreed and the two of em quickly escape from the palace while they fire part of the palace to cover their escape.

Anyway, that's the gist of episode 1. I apologized if it makes little sense since my jap is self taught and the last bit of convo between Barsa and the Princess is hard to understand.

Barsa just ooze Motoko Kusanagi. She's 30 year old, compose, practical and straight to the point.

Well, it was nothing mindblowing and it was perhaps a little typical, but it was undeniably solid and well-produced at any rate. More than the animation or storyboarding, it was about how everything looked so movie-like together. The colours fit in extremely well, and also the camera work seemed really good in a non-obvious way.

I would agree. I watched the OP and thought "meh", but then watched it again and noticed some interesting parts. The swooping camera work in the beginning, which seems to be inspired by gulls playing in the wind is one. I also thought the shot of them riding, reflected in a canal or something was pretty nice. The emphasis was much less on action, and more on the relationship between the main characters.

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...argh, but I still do wish they had gone with an epic instrumental OP like Twelve Kingdoms rather than Laruku. -_- It kind of spoils the mood a bit... but I guess I'll get used to it.

And here I couldn't possibly agree more. The 12K OP really sets the mood, and I would say the same thing about the Crest of the Stars OP. This, while perhaps a fairly competent musical piece, just seemed out of place. I really wanted to feel transported to a fantasy environment, but didn't.

Barsa just ooze Motoko Kusanagi. She's 30 year old, compose, practical and straight to the point.

Awesome!

From the trailers there was an on the surface feeling of the ultimate combination of Motoko and the original Saya vibes, it's great that it's showing through in her Matoko-like actions/personality, man she's going to be an awesome main character.

By the way, for those of you here who were Chevalier fans, the OP was almost entirely animated by the Chevalier mainstays. I saw the Chiba brothers (?), Hajime Shimomura, and hell, even Tomomi Ozaki (Chevalier's charadesigner) was there.

...argh, but I still do wish they had gone with an epic instrumental OP like Twelve Kingdoms rather than Laruku. -_- It kind of spoils the mood a bit... but I guess I'll get used to it.

The J-Pop ruined the mood for Chevalier also, but I got used to it... I suppose I'll get used to it for Seirei no Moribito also... I just wish they were trying to create a good OP instead of trying to sell a single.

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There's not that fine a line between willing suspension of disbelief and something just being stupid.

The J-Pop ruined the mood for Chevalier also, but I got used to it... I suppose I'll get used to it for Seirei no Moribito also... I just wish they were trying to create a good OP instead of trying to sell a single.

The song is pretty much your generic L'aruku song, but it doesnt feel as out of place as the Chevalier OP imo.

I think the OP itself is gorgous though, especially the final shot with the flock of birds. The song doesn't make it any less good as far as I'm concerned and it does fit anyways. ActuallyI even got somewhat of a Kurau vibe from the OP with all the shots focusing on the main characters, felt very personal.

Btw, was the airing a special preview on TV? I thought the show aired on Saturday mornings...

The song is pretty much your generic L'aruku song, but it doesnt feel as out of place as the Chevalier OP imo.

I think the OP itself is gorgous though, especially the final shot with the flock of birds. The song doesn't make it any less good as far as I'm concerned and it does fit anyways. ActuallyI even got somewhat of a Kurau vibe from the OP with all the shots focusing on the main characters, felt very personal.

Btw, was the airing a special preview on TV? I thought the show aired on Saturday mornings...

I just thought it was fairly well done, but the animation itself wasn't impressive at all. Sure the environments looked extremely professional, but everything felt fairly uninspired, unlike 2nd Gig's terrestrial Opening, just to give an example from the same studio. To be honest, had not know anything of this series and just looked at that introduction video I'm not that sure if I would be interested in it by the video alone. As for Kurau... I actually think that series did the character focus much better than Seirei no Moribito's does, to be honest,

The first episode was really focused on Barsa-nee-san (I'm serious, they call her that!), but I also really liked Tanda (Barsa's wizard friend/almostlover). His scene was really short, but he had that deep manly voice that has completely sealed his character for me.

And Barsa, despite looking like Saya, is a complete Motoko. Composed, beautiful, with a understated sense of humor and an aura of cloaked mystique, possessing that hidden intensity under the surface that just jumps at you when you least expect it. Definitely my favorite type of heroine.

And Barsa, despite looking like Saya, is a complete Motoko. Composed, beautiful, with a understated sense of humor and an aura of cloaked mystique, possessing that hidden intensity under the surface that just jumps at you when you least expect it. Definitely my favorite type of heroine.

I was really surprised with how "humourous" Barsa turned out to be; I liked her little lines about turning 30 in particular. A much more entertaining character than she might have been!

Thumbs up for the first episode; a lot of stuff we'd seen before and it's not really ZOMGAMAZING, but as per usual for PIG it's really well made and the voice acting's superb.

How much did they blow on those rice field to capture the detail? A trillion yen?

And I've finally found my honorable Onesama who had been missing since the GitS: 2nd Gig.

Anime like these make one feel that it is good to be an anime-fan. Let the Spring season begin.

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